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Ben Quayle: Sea of Galilee swim not ‘inappropriate’
Source: Politico
Rep. Ben Quayle on Tuesday defended swimming in the Sea of Galilee last summer, saying he and other congressmen wanted to be where Jesus walked on water and that “there was no inappropriate or unusual behavior that I saw.”
“We were having a great dinner at the Sea of Galilee, it was the end of a very long day. And, you know, some people had been talking about, ‘This is the only opportunity that we will be able to go into the sea where Jesus walked on water,’ and the story that was in POLITICO and the picture that was being really painted was not what I saw or was around,” the Arizona Republican said on Fox News.
Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) was the only congressman to swim nude during the incident, as POLITICO reported Monday. But Quayle said he “did not see him in the behavior that he was talking about and that he admitted.”
“I was not around when Congressman Yoder entered the water. I was not in the water or near any of that, but I was able to go in properly attired, I have to say that, and swim very briefly in the Sea of Galilee, and I actually was able to take a little vial of water home to baptize my daughter, with this water from the Sea of Galilee,” he said.
“We were having a great dinner at the Sea of Galilee, it was the end of a very long day. And, you know, some people had been talking about, ‘This is the only opportunity that we will be able to go into the sea where Jesus walked on water,’ and the story that was in POLITICO and the picture that was being really painted was not what I saw or was around,” the Arizona Republican said on Fox News.
Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) was the only congressman to swim nude during the incident, as POLITICO reported Monday. But Quayle said he “did not see him in the behavior that he was talking about and that he admitted.”
“I was not around when Congressman Yoder entered the water. I was not in the water or near any of that, but I was able to go in properly attired, I have to say that, and swim very briefly in the Sea of Galilee, and I actually was able to take a little vial of water home to baptize my daughter, with this water from the Sea of Galilee,” he said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79943.html?hp=t3_3
Apparently this is "double down on stupid comments" day...
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Aliens! 
When I finally get the opportunity to tour the White House, I'll strip off my clothes and run naked down the halls because it is the "only opportunity I will ever have to be able to walk where Thomas Jefferson walked". I'll also pocket a vase while I"m there so I can bring it home as a reminder of my visit! 
